#2 The Layoff Trilogy, Part 2: Danger Day

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Elliot and Miles loved working at the same company, until the spectre of layoffs came to haunt them.

From the episode:

  • Ofer Sharone's book The Stigma Trap

Episode credits:

Produced by Yowei Shaw

Edited by John DeLore

Mixed by Kyle Pulley

Research and reporting support by Kim Nederveen Pieterse

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